Cascina Morassino Di Bianco Roberto, Barbaresco (Piedmont, Italy) 2010

 This was among darkest, deepest, most brooding of the Barbareschi tasted at Nebbiolo Prima this year.  Dense and strikingly intense, with hints of black raspberries on a core of red-toned fruit, this is marked by great inner strength that enables the fruit component to blast past the oak and remain predominant through the finish.  This will need time to show the full measure of its excellence, but there’s no questioning the superb quality.